coloma

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin columba. In the sense of "parasol mushroom", it represents a modification of cogoma by folk etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kuˈlu.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈlo.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈlo.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [koˈlo.ma]

Noun

coloma f (plural colomes)

1. (archaic) a dove or pigeon of any gender
2. female equivalent of colom (“male dove, pigeon”)
3. three-leaved toadflax (Linaria triphylla)

   Synonym: gallaret

4. parasol mushroom

   Synonym: apagallums

Further reading

• “coloma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “coloma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “coloma”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)